Members of Psi Upsilon in their fraternity
house on the University Heights Campus, 1897

The Psi Upsilon fraternity, founded
in 1833 by seven men at Union College, came to NYU in 1837. The NYU
chapter, Delta, was the first fraternity on NYU’s campus. The
Delta Chapter boasted many distinguished men, including Henry Noble
MacCracken. MacCracken was the son of Henry Mitchell MacCracken (NYU’s
chancellor in 1891) and went on to become president of Vassar College.